86R13947 PMO-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 2844
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensure in this state of certain attorneys who are
licensed to practice law in another state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 82.036, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 82.036. FOREIGN ATTORNEYS. (a) The supreme court
shall make such rules and regulations as to admitting attorneys
from other jurisdictions to practice law in this state as it shall
deem proper and just. All such attorneys shall be required to
furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral character.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must allow an
attorney licensed to practice law in another state of the United
States to be admitted to practice law in this state without
examination if the attorney:
(1) has been actively and substantially engaged in the
practice of law in the other jurisdiction for at least five of the
last seven years immediately preceding the date the attorney filed
the application for a license to practice law in this state,
regardless of whether the attorney previously failed a bar
examination in this state; and
(2) is otherwise eligible for admission to practice
law without examination.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall adopt rules to implement
Section 82.036, Government Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. Section 82.036, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a person who files an application for
admission to the State Bar of Texas on or after September 1, 2019.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.